Letters of administration cannot be granted to any person who is a minor or is of unsound mind, 1[nor to any association of individuals unless it is a company which satisfies the conditions prescribed by rules to be made 2[by notification in the Official Gazette,] by the 3[State Government] in this behalf].
1. Added by Act 17 of 1931, s. 2. The words "nor, unless the deceased was a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh, or Jaina or an exempted person, to a married woman without the previous consent of her husband" which originally occurred at the end of this section had been omitted by Act 18 of 1927, s. 2.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 236
Section 236 imposes statutory disqualifications, prohibiting the grant of Letters of Administration to any person who is a minor or of unsound mind, nor to an association of individuals unless it is a company.
Where the sole heir entitled to administration is a minor, the petition must not be filed in the minor's name; counsel must file under Section 244 or Section 246 for letters of administration during minority for the use and benefit of the minor.